SES (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced today that it has entered into an
agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to support innovation in
satellite broadband communication. As part of the agreement, SES’ 100%
owned satellite broadband affiliate, SES Broadband Services, is offering
a range of broadband services at special conditions to industrial
players participating in the ARTES Applications Projects led by ESA.

The ARTES (Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems) initiative
led by ESA seeks to enhance the competitiveness of European industry by
promoting the use of satellites in such functions as broadcasting,
multimedia and mobile communications, data relay, search and rescue, and
aviation services.

With this initiative, SES Broadband Services encourages industrial
players to develop new satellite broadband applications and services.
Companies participating in the ARTES Applications Programme (ARTES 3-4
and ARTES 20) can benefit from preferential rates for SES Broadband
services on the Pan-European and Middle East beams of the ASTRA-3B
satellite located at 23.5 degrees East and the Sub-Saharan African beam
of the ASTRA-4A satellite located at 5 degrees East.

“We continuously foster product innovation to achieve and sustain market
leadership. We are delighted to expand our cooperation with the European
Space Agency to support innovation in the European satellite industry,”
said Patrick Biewer, Managing Director at SES Broadband Services. “We
see this initiative as a catalyst for new ideas, facilitating the design
and launch of new applications for satellite broadband in Europe, Middle
East and Sub-Saharan Africa.”

"ESA is very pleased about the joint initiative with SES Broadband
Services to support ARTES Applications projects. The special
conditions offered by an operator like SES provide an important asset in
the development stages of new space based applications and services. It
will help to stimulate good ideas and to build relationships right from
the beginning of a project, and prepare for the launch of operational
services at the project's conclusion," said Amnon Ginati, Head of
ESA's Integrated and Telecom-related Applications Department.

SES is a world-leading satellite operator with a fleet of 52
geostationary satellites. The company provides satellite communications
services to broadcasters, content and internet service providers, mobile
and fixed network operators and business and governmental organisations
worldwide.

SES stands for long-lasting business relationships, high-quality service
and excellence in the broadcasting industry. The culturally diverse
regional teams of SES are located around the globe and work closely with
customers to meet their specific satellite bandwidth and service
requirements.

SES (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) holds participations in Ciel in Canada and
QuetzSat in Mexico, as well as a strategic participation in satellite
infrastructure start-up O3b Networks. Further information under: www.ses.com.

About the European Space Agency

The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space.

ESA is an intergovernmental organisation, created in 1975, with the
mission to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure
that investment in space delivers benefits to the citizens of Europe and
the world.

ESA has 19 Member States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and
the United Kingdom, of whom 17 are Member States of the EU. ESA has
Cooperation Agreements with nine other Member States of the EU and is
negotiating an Agreement with the one remaining (Bulgaria). Poland is in
the process of becoming ESA’s 20th Member State. Canada takes part in
some ESA programmes under a Cooperation Agreement.

By coordinating the financial and intellectual resources of its members,
ESA can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any
single European country.

ESA develops the launchers, spacecraft and ground facilities needed to
keep Europe at the forefront of global space activities. Today it
launches satellites for Earth observation, navigation,
telecommunications and astronomy, sends probes to the far reaches of the
Solar System and cooperates in the human exploration of space.

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